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because it would be tax free. and then secondly do you back yourself as an employee to say i'm never going to -- i can always get a job somewhere else. >> would you take the shares or the protection? >> if i believed in the business i was working in and i thought that it was -- yeah, i'd take the shares. >> well, i do want to know what you would think about this. what would you take? >> i work for a very good corporate bank and i would definitely take the shares. the problem with the proposal is it sounds like it's most relevant for employees in really big corporates. >> yeah, how many people are that. >> and if you're looking at small companies or start ups, how relevant would that be. >> right. we'll take a short break. we'd love to know your thoughts. also still 20 come, how legitimate are security worries over the telecom womequipment maker. >>> congressional report has called on u.s. firms to stop doing business with zte and wow way. the report was centered on allegations that the two countries are under beij
because it would be tax free. and then secondly do you back yourself as an employee to say i'm never going to -- i can always get a job somewhere else. >> would you take the shares or the protection? >> if i believed in the business i was working in and i thought that it was -- yeah, i'd take the shares. >> well, i do want to know what you would think about this. what would you take? >> i work for a very good corporate bank and i would definitely take the shares. the...
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debt all the taxes hiked or not, we are facing a fiscal cliff.debt all the taxes hiked or not, we are facing a fiscal cliff. everybody knows we have to fix it, but nobody knows how. i believe as we get closer to the first of january, the markets will start to react because people will be so severely impacted by that's why they call it a cliff and they'll be severely impacted and i have every hope that we can sit done and reach an agreement. >> does that mean letting the bush tax cuts expire and letting payroll tax cuts sunset? >> it means we put everything on the table. >> he's basically saying i expect markets to force us to come to an agreement. >> we think there will be a very dark moment before things actually are forced to come to fruition. we did an analysis of the fiscal cliff, we think it's about $703 billion maximum hit. that's about 4.5% of gdp. based on on various issues that we know are up on the fiscal cliff and what we know obama supports and what we think romney will support because that's a little more unclear, we think that under obama, you get about a 1% hit to gdp.
debt all the taxes hiked or not, we are facing a fiscal cliff.debt all the taxes hiked or not, we are facing a fiscal cliff. everybody knows we have to fix it, but nobody knows how. i believe as we get closer to the first of january, the markets will start to react because people will be so severely impacted by that's why they call it a cliff and they'll be severely impacted and i have every hope that we can sit done and reach an agreement. >> does that mean letting the bush tax cuts...
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biden is expected to hone in on mitt romney's comments about the 47% of americans who don't pay income taxes and expect government support to see you ryan likely to reiterate his argument that the u.s. can't afford another four years of president obama and the debate comes as a new poll shows the president and romney are neck and neck in two swing states, virginia and florida to see you obama still has a small lead in ohio to see you. >> so while the latest polls may show a tight race, there's another one that some folks think is more important, yes, it is the 7-eleven indicator to see you it's selling coffee in democrat blue cups with obama's face and republican red featuring romney to see you the tally shows customers favor obama by 60/40 margin to see you the 7-eleven indicator has correctly predicted the winner of the last three u.s. elections to see you. >> i'm not sure that's a huge sample set to see you. >> have they only run it in three elections? >> good question to see you what's interesting, jetblue for its part is also getting in on the presidential election saying that if your c
biden is expected to hone in on mitt romney's comments about the 47% of americans who don't pay income taxes and expect government support to see you ryan likely to reiterate his argument that the u.s. can't afford another four years of president obama and the debate comes as a new poll shows the president and romney are neck and neck in two swing states, virginia and florida to see you obama still has a small lead in ohio to see you. >> so while the latest polls may show a tight race,...
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welfare system to make sure this country continues to live within its means and at the same time has a tax system that attracts international businesses to britain p. and one of the encouraging stories is 20 of the largest companies are moving some of their head quarters to the uk. >> but low yields aren't giving us growth. >> all western countries are facing the issue of how they pay their way in the world and how they grow. if you look at the uk, a million jobs in the private sector over the last couple of years and we'll go on making reforms to our tax system to make this the competitive place to come and do business. >> meanwhile britain's largest businesses are adopting more defensive strategies. this is one of the latest findings of the deloitte cfo service. they were asked what their views are on the current operating environment. joining us with more, chief economist at deloitte. good to see you. i suppose we had a record second quarter of declines. >> confidence went through the floor back in june on the result of what's going on in the euro area. you've seen a bit of a bounce. ri
welfare system to make sure this country continues to live within its means and at the same time has a tax system that attracts international businesses to britain p. and one of the encouraging stories is 20 of the largest companies are moving some of their head quarters to the uk. >> but low yields aren't giving us growth. >> all western countries are facing the issue of how they pay their way in the world and how they grow. if you look at the uk, a million jobs in the private...
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the sector accounted for 14% of new york state's tax revenue in fiscal 2011. still the findings of that survey contrast with the results of a survey by efinancialqueries.com. hedge fund and asset management employees are among the most optimistic. bob, are they delusional? >> if they're going to do it on the basis of hedge fund performance, they probably are. of course, we're talking about the big investment banks here. i suppose that we'll have to see what the share of computation is to total revenues, which is i think the measure that tells you -- and the banks are trying to get that ratio down. the banks that succeed in getting the ratio down are better placed. so the pressure is on employee compensation, including the bonuses, in order to keep banks profitable. there isn't much lending growth. >> what about hedge fund, though? especially as talent migrates out of banks, perhaps towards these funds, that just haven't put in the numbers so far this year for the most part. >> no, they haven't. so if professionals in investment banks think that they can opt to
the sector accounted for 14% of new york state's tax revenue in fiscal 2011. still the findings of that survey contrast with the results of a survey by efinancialqueries.com. hedge fund and asset management employees are among the most optimistic. bob, are they delusional? >> if they're going to do it on the basis of hedge fund performance, they probably are. of course, we're talking about the big investment banks here. i suppose that we'll have to see what the share of computation is to...